xorg 7.4 keyboard localisation (xorg.conf vs hal)

[Joe Kelsey]

Robert Noland wrote:
>
> man xorg.conf search for Input...
>
>   
This provides absolutely no help.

I look at my /var/log/Xorg.0.log and it tells me nothing.  If I remove 
the keyboard and mouse input devices from xorg.conf, the log tells me 
that it is disabling all input devices and never says anything else.  
There is no evidence that hal does anything that X want to know about.  
How would I detect that my configuration file needs changing?  Is there 
a message in Xorg.0.log to look for?  Is there a help file somehwere 
which explains how to change your configuration file to allow hal to work?

I cannot find any information anywhere in the system to allow me to 
debug my problems in any way.  I want to have fully automatic 
configuration using whatever means will allow it.  You explanations 
about the mysterious behavior of hal and xorg do not give me any 
information I can use in any way to solve my problems.

>
> Set Options "AutoAddDevices" "off" and you have to configure everything
> like you used to.
>   
I WANT to use the new facilities.  Is it possible to debug my 
configuration problems?  Where do I start?  How do I enable this magical 
new world of letting hal do things for me?  What changes do I make to 
xorg.conf to allow this?

/Joe